Warning: We're going to head into the bathroom talk territory--prim-and-proper readers, apologies. So I just got a press release for a new product that made me giggle. Then I thought, hmm, maybe they're on to something here. It's called Poo-Pourri. Nuts or brilliant? You decide ...

The dilemma: You have to go #2 at the office, or some other very visible place where you're essentially sharing a bathroom with all your friends, co-workers, etc. What do you do? Poo-Pourri to the rescue!

The product ($9.99 for a 2 oz. bottle, sold here), I am told, is a natural bathroom spray deodorizer with an exclusive formula of essential oils of Bergamot, Lemongrass and Grapefruit. But here's where it differs from air freshener. You use Poo-Pourri before you go. Just spritz a few sprays directly into the toilet bowl, and it supposedly creates a "film along the water's surface that traps odor at its source--leaving zero odor behind."

Well, hmm. While I tend to doubt that a few sprays of this stuff could trap all bathroom odor, it is intriguing, isn't it? Sure, everybody poops, but if you had to share a single bathroom with your entire office--men and women--it might make things a whole lot less stressful (especially when you've got tummy trouble going on), right?